Claudio Salazar

Claudio Salazar (died 1994) was a Norte del Valle Cartel associate. He was murdered by Cali Cartel boss Helmer Herrera in 1994.

Biography
Claudio Salazar was a member of the Norte del Valle Cartel of Colombia, and he did business with the Cali Cartel; he became rivals with Helmer Herrera due to having a bad history with him. In 1994, Salazar attended a party held by Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, where Rodriguez announced that the Cali Cartel was going to go legitimate in six months. He was seen as a threat by Cali leader Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, who hated Claudio for showing disrespect towards his beautiful wife, Maria. After Jorge Salcedo taped a conversation between Salazar and his wife that revealed that Salazar was going to spend time with prostitutes at a riverside party rather than stay with her, Miguel told Gilberto that Claudio showed no respect, and that he had to be eliminated. Herrera and his biker gang showed up to the party, where Herrera bought Salazar a bottle of wine as a "peace offering". He proceeded to romantically dance and kiss one of his own men, and he then smashed the bottle of wine over Salazar's head. Herrera had Salazar chained to two motorcycles heading in opposite directions, and the two motorcycles bisected him upon speeding off, gruesomely executing him. Salazar's body was wrapped in chicken wire and thrown in the Cauca River, where his bloated body was cut into pieces by the wire and turned into fish food.